SaraSewing

I use mostly my stash in quilting. I've gotta get it used to a more managable size. I have recently organized it, and there are alot of stripes. Can anyone give me ideas for patterns that use stripes well?

grammyp

I like to use stripes for borders and backings.

littlehud

Borders and backing sound good to me. I don't have many stripes so I'm no help.

LindaM

You can get some very dramatic effects using stripes - I've used this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Stripes-Quilts...ref=pd_sim_b_1

Last summer I took a course by John Willard who uses stripes magnificently ... some examples

He uses geometrics in wonderful ways :)

Katrine

I'm with Grammyp and Littlehud, borders and backings take stripes well. I also like narrow striped on bindings (stripe at 90 deg to border)

lass

Love those John Willard designs.

Stummel

I love Hexagon quilts with stripes and striped borders.

SaraSewing

Here is a sample of the stripes I"m trying to work in.

amma

Pinwheel blocks are fun too with stripes, it gives the quilt a lot of movement. You just have to be careful you cut the stripes going in the right directions for each blade :wink:
Some blocks have a smaller blade and a larger one, you could use 2 different stripes and a solid for the background. :D:D:D

amma

Another idea is to cut them into blocks on the diagonal...use 4 different stripes and sew 4 of them together... It would mimic the string quilt blocks then, they are usually scrappy so it wouldn't matter if they all matched or not.